Famous Quotes From Americas Legendary Presidents

In the line of 45 U.S. presidents, there have been highs and lows. For some, history has been kind; for others, the stories in textbooks are complicated. Nevertheless, it has been a long and successful journey of presidential democracy. Here is a collection of famous presidential quotes that will inspire you.   Andrew Jackson: Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. William Henry Harrison: There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power. Abraham Lincoln: Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it. Ulysses S. Grant: Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor. Rutherford B. Hayes: One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals. Benjamin Harrison: Have you not learned that not stocks or bonds or stately houses, or products of the mill or field are our country? It is a spiritual thought that is in our minds. William McKinley: The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. Theodore Roosevelt: It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life, we get nothing save by effort. William H. Taft: Dont write so that you can be understood; write so that you cant be misunderstood. Woodrow Wilson: No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. Warren G. Harding: I dont know much about Americanism, but its a damn good word with which to carry an election. Calvin Coolidge: Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. Herbert Hoover: America—a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The only thing we have to fear is...fear itself. Dwight D. Eisenhower: When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were—to the very last minute—a chance to lose it. John F. Kennedy: Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions. Lyndon B. Johnson: For this is what America is all about: It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground. Richard Nixon: A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. Jimmy Carter: Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease. Bill Clinton: We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.